Harry Morgan
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04/09/1915
Detroit, MI |
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| Prior to joining M*A*S*H in 1975 as Col. Potter, he guest starred in a hilarious 1974 episode as lunatic Maj. Gen. Bartford Hamilton Steele. |
| Worked with Jack Webb in several projects in the '50s and the two stayed in contact. When Webb revived Dragnet in the '60s, he called on Morgan to costar with him. |
| Made professional debut in a summer-stock production of At Mrs. Beam's, alongside Frances Farmer and Mildred Natwick. |
| Won Michigan's high-school oratory championship. |
| Began acting career as Henry Morgan, but changed his first name to Harry to avoid confusion with actor-satirist Henry Morgan. |
| Received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in 1943 for his roles in The Ox-Bow Incident (the work he is said to be most proud of) and Happy Land. |
